FM 21-22: Watermanship | T.REX ARMS Field Manual Vault

FM 21-22 Watermanship

FM 21-22

Watermanship

Army · FM · Apr 1944 · 156 pages

About

Military watermanship means taking care of'yourself on or in the water in any military situation. It combines ordinary swimming ability and knowledge of the sea with common sense and self-discipline. You may have to travel over water on various types of craft. All sorts of conditions arise where a knowledge of what to do and how to do it may mean the difference between life and death. Panic due to ignorance is often the main cause of loss of life at sea. Those who know what to do and keep a cool head have little trouble in keeping afloat until picked up. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this manual is three-fold: a. To give you those basic principles of watermanship that will enable you to meet with confidence any emergency that may arise. b. To teach you certain fundamental practices used during small landing-craft operations. c.

DesignationFM 21-22

EditionApr 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages156

FunctionFieldcraft Survival

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 5

TM 3-205Not in the Vault
TM 5-271Not in the Vault